Poland Defiant covers the first 10 days of the Polish campaign, September 1st to 10th, 1939. This was the period when the Polish armies met the German forces on the open terrain of Poland and the mobility and firepower of mechanized warfare was first demonstrated on a large scale. The Poles must hold on to key cities and the Germans must keep to a rapid...
The background of the story is set in World War I, when Germany was defeated. After Hitler came to power, he reorganized his armaments at a very fast speed and took Poland as the primary attack target. Although Poland was promised by Britain and France to maintain the integrity of Poland’s territory, the German army entered Poland smoothly due to the...
In October 1944, the Soviet 14th Army under General Meretskov launched the Petsamo and Kirkenes operation called the "Tenth Shock" by Stalin. Its aim was to throw the Germans out of northern Finland, an area of strategic importance for both its sea bases and for the nickel mines of Kolosjoki (today named Nikel). Following the Finnish capitulation in...
This book provides a summary of orders of battle and battle maps for the early Wars of the Roses battles from St. Albans (1455) through Towton (1461). While designed for the "Poleaxed" miniatures rules, conversions for WRG's popular DBA and DBM rules are provided. Biographies of notable commands are also provided. Battles included are: First St. Albans, 22...
This book provides orders of battle and battle maps for the later Wars of the Roses Battles, from Hedgeley Moor, 1464 to Stoke Field, 1487. While the rules are designed for the Poleaxed medieval rules, conversions for WRG popular DBA and DBM rules are provided. Commander biographies are also included. Battles included are: Hedgeley Moor, 25 April 1464...
From the publisher's website: The early years of the eighteenth century were a time of great, and long lasting, changes in Eastern Europe. It saw two former ‘Great’ powers decline; for Sweden it was a cataclysmic experience as they were reduced to a small or medium power. While Poland-Lithuania started on the path that would lead to extinction later in the...
From the publisher's website: First of the great dynastic struggles of the eighteenth century, the War of Spanish Succession involved most of Europe. A state which did not back up its policies with troops in this period probably supplied them as mercenaries to those which did. Central to the causes of conflict were the expansionist ambitions of Louis XIV...
POLEMOS - FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR When Emperor Louis Napoleon declared war on Prussia in Summer 1870 he was at the head of an army that most contemporaries regarded as the leading military force in Europe. No doubt he had plans of recreating the Glory of his illustrious namesake Uncle. What actually happened was a campaign that saw the Prussians invading...
Polemos War of Spanish Succession is specifically aimed at enabling the wargamer to fight large scale actions; actual battles, rather than small scale skirmishes. Systems for firing, melee and morale are straightforward and easy to learn, but allow your troops to emulate the tactics used by their historical counterparts. For instance, troops using the...